Riedle slams Dembele behavour to force Barcelona move

Borussia Dortmund legend Karl-Heinz Riedle has slammed Ousmane Dembele for the way he attempted to engineer a move to Barcelona during the transfer window.

Riedle slams Dembele behavour to force Barcelona move

Borussia Dortmund legend Karl-Heinz Riedle has slammed Ousmane Dembele for the way he attempted to engineer a move to Barcelona during the transfer window.

11 October 2017 Wednesday 06:41

The former Dortmund forward has blasted the Frenchman, claiming that he pressured his former club into selling him to the Catalan giants

Borussia Dortmund legend Karl-Heinz Riedle has slammed Ousmane Dembele for the way he attempted to engineer a move to Barcelona during the transfer window.

Dembele made the switch to Camp Nou in August for an initial €105 million, with add-ons potentially taking the deal up to €147m.

His move came after the 20-year-old went on strike in a bid to force Dortmund's hand, with Dembele refusing to train with Peter Bosz's side.

Dembele – who is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury – has no regrets about the action he took, but Riedle says the forward should have been punished for his actions.

"[He made a] massive impact, we knew it was difficult to keep him, [but] he wanted to play for Barcelona," Riedle – who scored twice when Dortmund won the Champions League final in 1997 – told Goal's sister site Omnisport .

"I didn't like how it went, how he pressured [Dortmund], it's a joke.

While Dembele left, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang remained at Signal Iduna Park despite speculation linking him with AC Milan and the Chinese Super League.

And Riedle thinks the Gabon international could continue to shun advances from elsewhere and remain in the Bundesliga.

He added: "You never know with Aubameyang, maybe he'll stay at Dortmund forever."

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